Velda Marie Kling

A native of French Settlement and a resident of Sorrento, she passed away Friday, July 8, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was 84 and a loving homemaker. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in law, Celeste and Randy Carpenter, of Prairieville, and Suzette Landry, of Sorrento; a son and daughter-in-law, Leslie Sr. and Anna Kling, of Sorrento; a sister, Laura Nell Schexnayder, Gonzales; two brothers, Robert James Lambert, Sorrento, and Willie Paul Lambert, Gonzales; seven grandchildren, Tina K. Mauldin, Sonya L. Blanchard, Leslie (Chop) Kling, Trey Landry, Cara C. Landry, Caleigh C. Ramagos and Caroline Carpenter; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Joseph Kling; parents, Adam and Nevie Millet Lambert; a sister, Ramona Lanoux; and two brothers, A.J. and Valmond Lambert. She was a former member of the Gonzales Bowlettes and St. Ann Catholic Church Ladies Altar Society. Special thanks to her caregivers, Eloise Bennet and Lakeisha Bell, the staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital and Dr. Shawn Hall. Visitation at Ourso Funeral Home in Gonzales on Monday, July 11, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visitation at St. Ann Catholic Church in Sorrento on Tuesday, July 12, from 8:30 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Entombment to follow in the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Mausoleum, St. Amant. You may visit www.oursofh.com to offer condolences to the family.